• DCMS committee to hold two sessions
  • Move follows increased scrutiny of rugby union

MPs are to launch an inquiry into concussion in sport as scrutiny grows over the links between head trauma and neurodegenerative disease.

The digital, culture, media and sport committee will “consider scientific evidence for links between head trauma and dementia and how risks could be mitigated” over two remote sessions, the first of which will take place on 9 March. The news follows reporting by the Guardian that revealed the extent of dementia among former rugby union players.

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